Open AccessClimatological analysis of drought over northwest India During the year 1979
Author(s) -
A. S. R. A. S. Sastri,
A. R. Malakar
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.243
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v32i3.3377
Subject(s) - climatology , environmental science , geography , geology
Though the seasonal rainfall exceeded 700 mm in many a place of northwest logarithmic relation- India, during the year 1979, drought conditions prevailed over the entire region causing water stress conditions to all rainfall agricultural crops. A climatological analysis has been attempted to examine the incidence of drought, spread and its dissipation.